It was night and an ominous figure was flying over the town underneath the full blood red moon. He soon found his target and descended there seeing a building. He crouched down low and waited for the right time, which he knew would be soon. Inside he saw a group of men and three you girls. One of the girls was being held while her legs were being bent in a way they weren't meant to. The thug about to break the girl's legs suddenly yelled out in pain as his hands were chopped off and the girl was let go. Another thug was about to stab a second girl's eyes out when two blade pierced his eyes and all the way out of his skull. Hearing a woof the third girl was about to be set upon by a dog. Only the dog was cut in two by the figure. He turning around he saw the thugs were nervous and had their weapons out. The three old men were cowering as flashes of silver and splashes of red

"What is going on?" one of them asked before he felt two claws in his throat before that was ripped apart, a second one had his eyes stabbed and the third one was impaled by two larges blades. The trio of girls looked on in horror before the figure walked towards them with a silver cloak flowing in the moonlight

"It's okay, I'm not going to hurt you. In fact I'm here for you three; to take you to a safe place, now can I have your names?" he asked in a soft fatherly tone of voice while wiping away tears from their eyes and cheeks

"I'm Fal" the girl who nearly had her legs broken said "And these are Luna and Air"

"Beautiful names" the figure said "now shall we return home?" he asked as the three girls walked out with him.


The next day Capt, Lub and Stark were looking at the scene with several others

"Do we think this was the Imperial army?" Capt asked

"It wasn't Night Raid" Lub said "that's for sure"

"And Ant-Man said the Imperials didn't know of anything until this morning, when a guard walked in on this slasher movie set" Stark said

"It sure is grizzly" Lub said as they saw three corpses pulled out, all of them were cut up in different ways

"Come on, I don't we need to see anymore of this" Capt said as they walked away, but Capt took a second to look back and saw a blade sticking out of the wall. 'That could be something' he thought.


Thor was walking through town looking for something when he found it: An Arena. He was about to approach when someone stopped him

"Quill, what are you doing here?" Thor asked

"Looking for you" Star Lord said "As to why, well I have a plan to fund the people, straight out of the pockets of the minister himself"

"I am listening" Thor said

"Great, do you still have it?"

"It" Thor seemed confused

"Yeah your arena armour from that place, you know Sakaar" Star Lord

"I do" Thor said

"Do you have it on you?" Star Lord asked

"Yes" Thor simply replied

"Great because he is the rest of my plan" Star Lord said.


The young emperor yawned at the sight of his greatest champion in the arena once again fighting off all competition. Next to him was General Esdeath and Prime Minister Honest

"I agree my young emperor, it is boring when our champion wins all the time" Esdeath said in a sultry tone continuing to watch the fight. Soon the challenger was knocked out and pulled from the arena

"WHO'S NEXT!" the champion shouted

"That would be me" Thor said walking into the arena with a new set of armour. The torso armour was steel covered by brown leather, with four brass disk on it, his helmet and bracers looked like his body armour, he wore black pants and plated boots,

"What's your name little man?" the champion asked

"You can call me" Thor started before punching the champion in the guts. "THOR!" he declared as he withdrew his fist and threw another one at the champion's face, making him fly into the arena wall; knocking him out and a few of the champion's teeth lose. Making everyone cheer in joy

"He's very good" the Emperor said amazed

"That he is my good emperor" Star Lord said

"And you are?" Honest asked

"I am the Lord Prince Peter of the Spartoi empire" Star lord said

"I have never heard of the Spartoi empire before, have you Prime minister?" the emperor asked

"I can't say that I have" Honest said

"Nor I" Esdeath said

"It is far beyond the borders of the Imperial Capital, even farther, than the farthest borders of the Western tribes" Star Lord said as a messenger came up to him, turning around Star Lord smiled

"Your winnings milord" the messenger said as he was handed a large money bag. Opening it Star Lord withdrew some gold and gave it to the messenger before sitting down next to Esdeath

"A wager?" Star Lord as Esdeath and Honest withdrew a small pouch each and Star put forth a small amount of winnings, before a new runner arrived and Star Lord gave him a bet.


Thor stood in the arena as another giant walked out into the ground, smiling the Prince of thunder walked up to him and blocked a fist before he stomped on the giant's foot before grabbing his throat and slamming him into the ground. Thor then backed off allowing him to get back up

"You're good" the giant said "But I am the second strongest gladiator in the Empire" he shouted making everyone cheer

"I've defeated the strongest just before" Thor said throwing a right hook, before swinging a left hook, then back to a right hook; next he kicked him in the chin 'This would be easier with Mjolnir' he thought before the champion stumble, shaking it off before Thor nailed another powerful punch making the second champion taste the dirt. the crowd was silent for a second as Thor walked out of the arena before it exploded into a loud wall of excitement. Smiling Thor looked back


'Good my plan is working' Star Lord thought as he grabbed the winnings from the second match, including the bet with Honest and Esdeath

"He's strong" Honest said

"Indeed" Esdeath said "He's just what I'm looking"

"And that is?" Star Lord asked

"A member of an elite team I'm putting together" Esdeath said

"Sorry, but he only takes orders from me" Star Lord said

"That's a pity" Honest said

"It shouldn't be. The last person who tried to order him to do something besides me" Star Lord paused

"What happened?" the Emperor asked

"Well, let's just saying his manliness is seriously questioned now" Star Lord said making the adult blanch "oh I want to tell you something else"

"And that is?" the young emperor asked

"he is my second best Gladiator. The best; well let's just say his record is 100"

"Impressive" the Emperor said

"100 victories in an hour" Star Lord said walking away

'He's got that kind of power on his side?' Honest thought 'I just hope he doesn't go against the Empire. Because we would most likely lose'


"Quicksilver?" Star Lord said

"Hey, how you going?" Quicksilver said

"I've got some more gold for you to distribute to the people" Star Lord said

"Cool, how did you get it?" Quicksilver asked

"Simple, the noble wagered on an arena fight, and I rigged it" Star Lord said

"How?" Quicksilver asked

"I had Thor step into the ring and toss around their best" Star Lord said "Now, I need to talk to Fury"

"He's in command" Quicksilver said running off with the gold Star Lord won.


Captain America and Hawkeye were looking around a new crime scene

"Same thing again. Blades everywhere and the victims were involved with crimes against or involving children" Capt said

"So the question is who's doing this and why?" Hawkeye asked

"These blades, do they look familiar to you?" Capt asked pulling a blade out of the wall

"Kind of, but I can't clearly place it" Hawkeye replied

"So we've got a vigilante that is taking down scumbags who are targeting kids, and his main weapon is that of some kind of blade, multiple in fact since there is what a dozen blades at each location.

"Yeah, and the guy knew where to throw them, pinpoint accuracy in several vital areas and the hands" Hawkeye said "Steve who could do this?"

"I have no idea, but we need to find out who this guy is before the Empire" Capt said

"Do you think they would try and recruit them to their side?" Hawkeye asked

"I hope not" Capt said


"Come again?" Fury asked

"Esdeath and Prime Minister Honest is putting together a team, most likely to hunt down Night Raid" Star Lord said

"And that means that it will be bad for them and us if they actually find them" Fury said

"yeah it would, luckily Antman's in there" Star Lord said

"Good, I'll have him send me teh data about the meeting and send someone in there" Fury said frowning before smiling "And I knwo who I will be sending in

"Cool, want to give the team a head's up?" Star Lord asked

"Not yet, I want to play this one close to my chest. Just in case; also I want to have an infiltrator on the team. But that means we might have to take out at least one to make sur he can get in there" Fury said

"You got it" Star Lord said walking away


G'day guys Grizz here and welcome to the first filler chapter, but it is the start of a subplot involving those blades. Now I got inspired by Chapter 23.5, that is one seriously messed up chapter! so decided to be nice to the girls featured in it and help them out. Now I'll reveal what's going on in a couple of chapters. So that's something also thank you Thor Ragnarok for the gladiator Thor idea!

so until next time I'll catch you on the flipside